Asia/Pacific
AFGHANISTAN
Two foreign women shot dead in western Afghanistan
Two Finnish women were shot and killed by unknown gunmen while riding in a taxi in the western Afghan city of Herat on Thursday, local officials said. The attack came the same day...
TAIWAN
TransAsia Airways Taiwan crash leaves dozens dead
A TransAsia Airways plane crashed while making an emergency landing in Taiwan on Wednesday, killing at least 47 people, officials have said.
INDONESIA
Widodo wins Indonesian presidential election
Joko Widodo, the governor of Jakarta in Indonesia, has won the country’s presidential race with 53 percent of the vote, election officials said on Tuesday.
CHINA
China steps up communist education to guard against ‘moral decline’
China’s Communist Party will step up the ideological education of its officials to strengthen their faith in communism and guard against the influence of Western moral standards, a...
AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Taliban conduct brazen attack on Kabul airport
Heavily-armed Taliban militants attacked the Kabul International Airport in the Afghan capital early Thursday, firing rockets and occupying two unused buildings before they were gu...
Philippines
Philippines’ first typhoon of season turns deadly
Typhoon Rammasun slammed into large swathes of the Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least one and forcing hundreds of thousands to take shelter in evacuation centres.
AFGHANISTAN
Deadly suicide blast rips through crowded Afghan market
A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden car into a busy market in southeastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 89 people and injuring more than 40 others, according to an Afghan...
IRAN
Major differences remain as deadline looms in Iran nuclear talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday major differences remain between Iran and six world powers in talks over the country’s controversial nuclear programme, an opinion s...
AFGHANISTAN
Afghan presidential candidates agree to full vote audit, Kerry says
US Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Saturday that the two candidates in Afghanistan’s disputed presidential run-off have agreed to a full audit of every single ballot cas...
AFGHANISTAN – US
Kerry holds all-night talks with Afghan presidential rivals
US Secretary of State John Kerry was to hold a second day of talks with Afghanistan's feuding presidential hopefuls on Saturday, seeking a deal to "clean up the tally&quo...
JAPAN
Magnitude 6.8 quake, small tsunami hit east Japan
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit off eastern Japan on Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, sparking a minor tsunami of up to 20 cm but causing no damage along the...
CHINA - ISLAM
Video: Muslims in China confront obstacles to Ramadan fasting
Chinese Muslims say they are facing growing discrimination within their country, after officials banned students and civil servants in the western region of Xinjiang from observing...
INDONESA
Both candidates say they won Indonesian presidential election
Both sides claimed victory Wednesday in Indonesia's tightest and most divisive presidential election since the end of authoritarian rule, as unofficial tallies showed Jakarta...
JAPAN
Typhoon Neoguri turns deadly as it batters Japanese islands
Typhoon Neoguri laid into Japan’s southern Okinawa islands overnight Tuesday, leaving at least two dead and forcing more than half a million to seek shelter, as the region’s worst...
AFGHANISTAN
